30th September 2022
With the increase in collective organising and the hard right position of Truss’ neo-Thatcherite Government on trade unionism, what lies down the line? Nurses. Transport workers. Barristers. Airline staff. Postal workers. Teachers. Refuse workers. The increasing cost of living, along with the highest rates of inflation in the last 40 years has produced a rapidly ...
28th September 2022
The University has confirmed that they are “temporarily” housing students in hotels, as the accommodation crisis continues. Currently, 30 students are being housed in hotels until at least the end of the month. The news comes amidst a series of accommodation issues this year seeing students housed in Stirling, letf in limbo with the removal ...
27th September 2022
You either mourn for the Queen’s death or face repercussions… in a democracy? After nearly a fortnight of nonstop news coverage, shop closures, event cancellations, and, perhaps worst of all, the removal of the crossword from the Metro, even the most ardent republican must be wishing that the Queen had lived forever. Veneration of the ...
27th September 2022
‘We cannot afford another year of pay cuts’ Unison workers on strike demand a pay rise Over a hundred staff and students picketed outside the University of Glasgow’s main gate on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 September. The strike was called after a below-inflation 3 percent pay rise was rejected by Unison, the union representing ...
27th September 2022
A flawless mixture of slow-paced and upbeat, old and new. Brit award winner and multi-platinum selling artist George Ezra brought the feeling of summer back to Glasgow in the second half of his 2022 tour, promoting his recently released studio album Gold Rush Kid as he played the OVO Hydro on Monday 26 September. With ...
23rd September 2022
GUFC secured their place in the Second Round of the Scottish Cup after a dramatic victory in even more dramatic circumstances up in the Highlands A blockbuster Scottish Cup Second Round fixture has been set up between Mark Adams’ Glasgow University football club and Coatbridge’s League 2 outfit Albion Rovers (former finalist of the famous ...
21st September 2022
University of Glasgow alumni and 1500m European Champion Laura Muir celebrated a monumental victory in the Big Apple University of Glasgow alumna Laura Muir claimed victory in the New York 5th Avenue Mile to cap off a stellar season. The Commonwealth Games and European gold medallist ended her already incredible season in a magnificent style, ...
20th September 2022
Haris reviews the Finnish metal and punk rock bands, as Blind Channel embark on their UK headline tour post-Eurovision As soon as I arrived at the Cathouse, I could see a massive queue running down Union Street. A plethora of dyed hair and black outfits made up the majority of the queue, and I could ...
20th September 2022
Is it worth venturing out of the West End bubble for a wee culture trip? Martin Mullaney investigates… I was in my first year of secondary school when the Burrell Collection closed. Now, after six years and many protracted renovations, the famed Southside museum is back in business. It would be wrong to describe the ...
20th September 2022
How rock ‘n’ roll can you truly be when your promoter is begging you to jump on the next TikTok trend? In light of the release of Liam Gallagher and Dave Grohl’s new co-written single Everything’s Electric, taken from the former’s upcoming album, the pair have been extremely complimentary of each other. While describing the ...
